Lea Michele Has COVID Symptoms, Will Miss Both Saturday Shows During First Week of 'Funny Girl' Run

Days into her run in the Broadway musical Funny Girl, Lea Michele is sadly missing her first Saturday shows.

The 36-year-old actress had her first performance in the musical on Tuesday (September 6) and she has appeared in four performances so far.

Lea took to her Instagram Stories on Saturday afternoon (September 10) to announce that she would not appear in the shows that day. Her standby Julie Benko will go on in her place.

Click inside to read her statement…

“I’m devastated to say that due to early signs and symptoms of COVID and an inconclusive test result – due to the production’s safety protocols I’m not allowed to perform for today’s shows,” Lea said in her statement.

She continued, “I will be testing again and will know more about tomorrow’s performance soon. Julie is going to crush it today as Fanny – as are all of our amazing understudies who have stepped up so incredibly this week while we battle a very intense COVID outbreak in our theater.”

Lea ended the note with the heartbreak emoji.

Read what Glee fans had to say about Lea‘s first night in Funny Girl.